“Wheel of Fortune” watchers were startled, amused and a bit incredulous after the iconic game show unveiled what some considered a risqué puzzle on Thursday night.
Contestant Adam Goodell correctly answered “Brushing up on my Italian sausage” to a “before and after” puzzle, one in which the beginning of one common phrase is combined with the end of another sharing the same word.
In this case “brushing up on my Italian” and “Italian sausage.”
Goodell earned $2,450 for solving the puzzle and advanced to the bonus round, but it was flurry of comments on social media that made headlines.
One Twitter user called the puzzle “kinky.”
Kinky #WheelOfFortune pic.twitter.com/HD464PpuqJ
— Timtmmusic (@timtmmusicpgh) February 14, 2020
” I think the jokes write themselves,” quipped another.
So apparently the solution to a puzzle on Wheel of Fortune yesterday was “Brushing Up On My Italian Sausage” … and I think the jokes write themselves 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/J2OiIqJXQN
— Dusty Reed (@Rdusty10) February 14, 2020
One viewer attributed the puzzle to an intern, and yet another suggested it was devised by “Janice in accounting.”
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Some were offended, with one saying their 85-year-old mother watched the program.
“This used to be a family show,” tweeted one commenter.
#wheeloffortune it's the sick minds out there that automatically see something bad in things. This is obviously a before and after puzzle. Brushing up on my Italian, Italian sausage.
— DavSel (@drdissmiling) February 14, 2020
Still others attributed the kerfuffle to “sick minds.”
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